The Person High School boys’ basketball team is coming off one of its best seasons in recent history — but this year’s version will look a bit different. The Rockets certainly made an impact in their first run in the Mid-State More...

The Roxboro Community School boys’ basketball team dropped to 0-2 on the young season with a 71- 63 loss to the North Carolina School of Science and Math in the opening round game of the RCS Veterans Day Tournament Friday. The Unicorns er More...

CHAPEL HILL — UnitedHealthcare has proudly joined the Hurricane Florence relief efforts with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and will provide funds in conjunction with the NCHSAA to match the amount member schools raised bet More...

The Person Starzz, a local 3-on-3 Special Olympics basketball team had an outstanding showing in a statewide tournament last weekend. The team left Friday morning for a 3-day stay in Charlotte where they competed in the basketball events held a More...

Vic Porterfield is this week’s winner the C-T College Football contest. Porterfield was the only entry to correctly predict all 16 of the games and accurately picked Duke to defeat North Carolina. He may pick up his $30 Chamber Buck More...

Person High School football player Luke Clayton is this week’s winner of the Grissom & Holloman Athlete of the Week award. Clayton led the Rockets with 73 tackles this season and three interceptions. He may pick up his award at More...

The North Central Athletic Conference released its all-conference recipients this week. Five Roxboro Community School volleyball players earned postseason honors from the conference coaches. Senior outside hitter Payton Gentry wrapped up More...

The Roxboro Community School girls’ basketball team got off to a slow start and never fully recovered in its 62-26 loss to the North Carolina School of Science and Math Friday in the opening round of the RCS Veterans’ Day Tournament.&nbsp More...

SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA — It was this time last year when Summerfield, North Carolina resident Bobby McCarty made his first start in the CARS Response Energy Tour Late Model Stock Car Division. Saturday night McCarty was crowned as the CAR More...

The Roxboro Community School boys’ basketball team hosted the North Carolina School of Science and Math in the opening round of the RCS Veterans Day Tournament Friday. The result of the game was not available as of press time Friday.&nbsp More...

Roxboro Community School cross country runner Karson McKenzie is this week’s winner of the Bowes Collision Center Athlete of the Week award. McKenzie finished 32nd in the 1A state champinoship this weekend in Kernersville. He may p More...

Person High School football player Josh Harris is this week’s winner of the Grissom & Holloman Athlete of the Week award. Harris had numerous tackles for loss in the Rockets game last week against Rockingham County. He may pick More...

The Person High School JV football team wrapped up an outstanding season with a 32-12 victory at Northeast Guilford Thursday. The Rockets finished the season 8-2 and on a four game winning streak. More...

SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA — It’s what a championship afternoon of racing should look like: lots of race cars, many of the region’s top drivers and two titles on the line in the AutosByNelson.com 250 at South Boston Speedway Saturday af More...

The Roxboro Community School volleyball team’s season came to an end with a third-round loss at Perquimans Saturday in a fiveset thriller (25-14, 27-29, 19- 25, 25-19, 15-6). The Bulldogs finished the season 21-8 and entered the playoffs More...

The Person High School varsity football team will be looking to make the final impression at home this season, a good one. The Rockets (3-6, 1-4) will host Northeast Guilford (5-4, 3-2) Friday on Senior Night. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. More...

Roxboro Community School volleyball player Kenley Long is this week’s winner of the Bowes Collision Center Athlete of the Week award. Long combined for 13 kills and 12 digs in matches last week against Voyager and East Columbus. She More...

Orange County Speedway closed out it’s 2018 racing season this past Saturday night as the track crowned its 2018 champions. To make this night even more interesting, it was a double points night and going into the final night, no divisio More...

Nancy Marston is this week’s winner the C-T College Football contest. Marston was the only entry to correctly predict 14-of-16 games. She may pick up her $30 Chamber Bucks gift certificate at Business As Usual. More...

Members of the Person High School cross country team competed in the 3A Mideast regionals Saturday in Cary. The Rocket boys team finished 16th overall with 430 points. Zion Hughes was the team’s top finisher with a 70th-place result More...

Roxboro Community School volleyball team’s punishment for losing on the final day of the regular season was a likely road trip for the second round of the state playoffs — and possibly beyond. That three-hour-plus trip down east may More...

When it was over, Southern Middle School coach Shawn Hatfield got the celebratory water cooler bath from his players, plenty of hugs and even a few pictures with players. But he also got two things that were possibly even more special — a More...

The Person High School JV football team couldn’t quite deliver the knock out punch, but were able to do just enough to hang on for a 16-14 victory against Rockingham County Wednesday at home. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday More...

The season wraps up at Orange County Speedway with championship night tonight. Double points will be rewarded in raced. Daniel Moss has a slim 14 point lead over Durham’s Camden Gullie in the Late Model Stock division with veteran C More...

The Roxboro Community School middle school tennis team wrapped up their season 6-1. Members of the team include: (left-to-right) Allyshea Oliver, Emily Rogers, Julia Stovall, Mariah Surrency, Reagan Anderson, Alyssa Gray, Katie Clayton More...

The Person High School volleyball team opened competition in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3A state playoffs with a hard-fought 3-0 victory against 21st-seed Northern Durham. The Ladies, featuring the leader for kills in a More...

The Person High School football team walked off the field last week after throttling McMichael with something it desperately needed heading into the homestretch of the season — momentum. The Rockets are hoping to carry that with them to W More...

RCS takes down Voyager in rematch, heads to East Columbus for second round

Roxboro Community School volleyball coach Katie DeVillier summed up how she believed her team was feeling when the brackets came out and saw Voyager Academy as its first-round opponent. “I think they were hungry,” DeVillier said of More...

Roxboro Community School soccer player Bryson Pleasant is this week’s winner of the Bowes Collision Center Athlete of the Week award. Pleasant has been a key part of the Bulldogs’ team as the goalkeeper this season. He may pic More...

Person High School football player Dre Newman is this week’s winner of the Grissom & Holloman Athlete of the Week award. Newman scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to help lead the Rockets to a 49-0 win against McMichael Frid More...